{"id":40385,"date":"2020-02-14T14:50:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T14:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=40385"},"modified":"2020-02-14T14:50:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T14:50:42","slug":"young-climate-protesters-take-to-streets-of-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/02\/14\/young-climate-protesters-take-to-streets-of-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Young climate protesters chanting through streets of Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;We have a&nbsp;12-year&nbsp;ultimatum, nothing has changed so we continue to strike&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/top-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40420\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/top-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40420\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Climate change protesters march from Cardiff City Hall to the Senedd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;WELSH youth&nbsp;organisation&nbsp;held a climate change protest marching from Cardiff City Hall to the Senedd&nbsp;on&nbsp;Valentine&#8217;s&nbsp;Day.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The strike started at 10am at City Hall and the protesters arrived at the Senedd by&nbsp;11.30am.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Students and their families walked through&nbsp;the streets chanting and&nbsp;waving homemade&nbsp;signs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/86295575_128235001833031_2798854638604910592_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40424\" 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\/><\/noscript><figcaption>Climate change strikes takes place on Valentines Day in Cardiff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>A popular slogan was \u201cTell me what democracy looks like, this is what democracy looks like&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Others included \u201cSea levels are rising and so are we&#8221;.&nbsp;and \u201cFossil fuel, fossil free, think about our legacy&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Around&nbsp;150&nbsp;people&nbsp;turned up to the march, including pupils from Bro&nbsp;Edern&nbsp;School and Cardiff High.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Amnesty International, a Cardiff University society with over 40 members, showed up to support the young people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for the society said: \u201cOur main campaign&nbsp;is against&nbsp;climate change&nbsp;&#8211; we are working together to&nbsp;raise&nbsp;more awareness of the issue.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>A lot of the students at the protest had missed a day of school to take part, including Marcelo, 18, a student from Atlantic College.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think that the support that our school has given us by providing us a member of a staff and a bus to take us to the strike is important.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe school cannot openly support us, but as long as we not getting punished, I think they have been great,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/86350384_3320753087939931_2555671739174486016_n-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"40425\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?attachment_id=40425\" class=\"wp-image-40425\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/86807891_190941472007934_5395921238218506240_n-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/86807891_190941472007934_5395921238218506240_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/86807891_190941472007934_5395921238218506240_n-770x1027.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/86807891_190941472007934_5395921238218506240_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/86807891_190941472007934_5395921238218506240_n-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/86807891_190941472007934_5395921238218506240_n-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/86807891_190941472007934_5395921238218506240_n-293x391.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/86807891_190941472007934_5395921238218506240_n-1400x1867.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/86807891_190941472007934_5395921238218506240_n-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>They gave the postbox to the Senedd at the end of the strike.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Strike4YouthWales\/\">Welsh Youth Strike 4Climate Change<\/a> is a part of a UK-wide&nbsp;organisation&nbsp;whose mission statement is to striker to get the government&#8217;s attention.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>A member of the&nbsp;organisation&nbsp;said: \u201cOne year ago we had our first climate change strike in Cardiff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe wrote an open letter to the government&nbsp;asking for change- it sucks that we are here a year later asking for the same thing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have been given a&nbsp;12-year&nbsp;ultimatum \u2013 nothing has changed and that is why we will continue to strike.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The motion to join with other councils across the UK in declaring a global \u2018climate emergency\u2019 has been carried by Cardiff Council, Yes &#8211; 42, No &#8211; 0, Abstain &#8211; 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cdfcouncil?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cdfcouncil<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cardiff Council (@cardiffcouncil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cardiffcouncil\/status\/1111377685899444225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>In 2018, the&nbsp;United Nations\u2019 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report saying the&nbsp;world&nbsp;had 12 years to reverse the damage made by global warming.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>A year later,&nbsp;Cardiff Council declared a climate emergency.&nbsp;It announced it would be joining other councils across the UK to implement the new Low Carbon Delivery Plan which it hopes will make Wales carbon neutral by 2030.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The council said: \u201cWe will&nbsp;continue to work with partners across the city and region to develop and implement best practice methods that can deliver carbon reductions and help limit global warming.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;We have 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